Article: Fish Consumption and Mortality in Hong Kong Chinese-the LIMOR Study
| Title | Fish Consumption and Mortality in Hong Kong Chinese-the LIMOR Study | ||||||
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| Authors | Wang, MP2 Thomas, GN3 Ho, SY2 Lai, HK2 Mak, KH1 Lam, TH2 | ||||||
| Keywords | Cardiovascular Disease Fish Mortality Neoplasms Stroke | ||||||
| Issue Date | 2011 | ||||||
| Publisher | Elsevier Inc. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/annepidem | ||||||
| Citation | Annals Of Epidemiology, 2011, v. 21 n. 3, p. 164-169 [How to Cite?] DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2010.10.010 | ||||||
| Abstract | Purpose: To investigate the association between fish consumption and mortality in 36,003 Chinese. Methods: A case-control study collected 81% of all deaths of those aged 30+ from all four Hong Kong death registries in 1998. Relatives registering the deaths provided demographic, dietary and other lifestyle data for the deceased (case) and a similarly aged living person (control). Causes of death were provided by the Department of Health. Logistic regression was used to calculate the mortality odds ratios (ORs) for fish consumption adjusting for potential confounders in the 23,608 cases and 12,395 controls. Results: Compared with the lowest fish consumption of less than or equal to three times a month, higher consumption of one to three times a week was associated with lower mortality ORs (95% confidence interval [CI]) of 0.75 (0.62-0.89) for all-cause, 0.66 (0.48-0.92) for ischemic heart disease (IHD), 0.70 (0.50-0.98) for stroke, 0.66 (0.53-0.82) for cancer, but not for injury and poisoning. The highest level of fish consumption of greater than or equal to four times a week also reduced mortality with ORs (95% CI) of 0.80 (0.68-0.94) for all-cause and 0.63 (0.47-0.85) for IHD. Conclusions: Fish consumption significantly reduced mortality from several causes in this sample. Further longitudinal studies to confirm the association are needed. © 2011 Elsevier Inc. | ||||||
| ISSN | 1047-2797 2011 Impact Factor: 3.215 2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.244 | ||||||
| DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2010.10.010 | ||||||
| ISI Accession Number ID | WOS:000287387200003
Funding Information: We thank our research staff and the Immigration Department of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region for their help with data collection. This work was supported by the Hong Kong Health Services Research Committee (631012) and Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health. The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest. | ||||||
| References | References in Scopus | ||||||
| Grants | A mega-case-control study (20,000 deaths and 30,000 controls) on smoking and mortality in Hong Kong |
| dc.contributor.author | Wang, MP | ||||||
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| dc.contributor.author | Thomas, GN | ||||||
| dc.contributor.author | Ho, SY | ||||||
| dc.contributor.author | Lai, HK | ||||||
| dc.contributor.author | Mak, KH | ||||||
| dc.contributor.author | Lam, TH | ||||||
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-09-27T03:01:06Z | ||||||
| dc.date.available | 2011-09-27T03:01:06Z | ||||||
| dc.date.issued | 2011 | ||||||
| dc.description.abstract | Purpose: To investigate the association between fish consumption and mortality in 36,003 Chinese. Methods: A case-control study collected 81% of all deaths of those aged 30+ from all four Hong Kong death registries in 1998. Relatives registering the deaths provided demographic, dietary and other lifestyle data for the deceased (case) and a similarly aged living person (control). Causes of death were provided by the Department of Health. Logistic regression was used to calculate the mortality odds ratios (ORs) for fish consumption adjusting for potential confounders in the 23,608 cases and 12,395 controls. Results: Compared with the lowest fish consumption of less than or equal to three times a month, higher consumption of one to three times a week was associated with lower mortality ORs (95% confidence interval [CI]) of 0.75 (0.62-0.89) for all-cause, 0.66 (0.48-0.92) for ischemic heart disease (IHD), 0.70 (0.50-0.98) for stroke, 0.66 (0.53-0.82) for cancer, but not for injury and poisoning. The highest level of fish consumption of greater than or equal to four times a week also reduced mortality with ORs (95% CI) of 0.80 (0.68-0.94) for all-cause and 0.63 (0.47-0.85) for IHD. Conclusions: Fish consumption significantly reduced mortality from several causes in this sample. Further longitudinal studies to confirm the association are needed. © 2011 Elsevier Inc. | ||||||
| dc.description.grant | A mega-case-control study (20,000 deaths and 30,000 controls) on smoking and mortality in Hong Kong | ||||||
| dc.description.grantcode | 20399 | ||||||
| dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | ||||||
| dc.identifier.citation | Annals Of Epidemiology, 2011, v. 21 n. 3, p. 164-169 [How to Cite?] DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2010.10.010 | ||||||
| dc.identifier.citeulike | 8446297 | ||||||
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2010.10.010 | ||||||
| dc.identifier.epage | 169 | ||||||
| dc.identifier.hkuros | 184459 | ||||||
| dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000287387200003
Funding Information: We thank our research staff and the Immigration Department of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region for their help with data collection. This work was supported by the Hong Kong Health Services Research Committee (631012) and Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health. The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest. | ||||||
| dc.identifier.issn | 1047-2797 2011 Impact Factor: 3.215 2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.244 | ||||||
| dc.identifier.issue | 3 | ||||||
| dc.identifier.pmid | 21109449 | ||||||
| dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-79551546326 | ||||||
| dc.identifier.spage | 164 | ||||||
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/141777 | ||||||
| dc.identifier.volume | 21 | ||||||
| dc.language | eng | ||||||
| dc.publisher | Elsevier Inc. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/annepidem | ||||||
| dc.publisher.place | United States | ||||||
| dc.relation.ispartof | Annals of Epidemiology | ||||||
| dc.relation.references | References in Scopus | ||||||
| dc.subject.mesh | Asian Continental Ancestry Group - statistics and numerical data | ||||||
| dc.subject.mesh | Cardiovascular Diseases - ethnology - mortality | ||||||
| dc.subject.mesh | Diet | ||||||
| dc.subject.mesh | Mortality - trends | ||||||
| dc.subject.mesh | Neoplasms - ethnology - mortality | ||||||
| dc.subject | Cardiovascular Disease | ||||||
| dc.subject | Fish | ||||||
| dc.subject | Mortality | ||||||
| dc.subject | Neoplasms | ||||||
| dc.subject | Stroke | ||||||
| dc.title | Fish Consumption and Mortality in Hong Kong Chinese-the LIMOR Study | ||||||
| dc.type | Article |
Author Affiliations
- Hong Kong SAR Government
- The University of Hong Kong
- University of Birmingham